Insulinlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling insulin or some aspect of it.

    "Both sell drugs that were approved in 2005 to treat extremely short children who are deficient in a hormone called insulinlike growth factor one, or IGF-1."

Example

More examples

"Both sell drugs that were approved in 2005 to treat extremely short children who are deficient in a hormone called insulinlike growth factor one, or IGF-1."

Etymology

From insulin + -like.

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